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Improving Children's Oral Health: An Interdisciplinary Research Framework

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JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH
卷 93, 期 10, 页码 938-942

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SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0022034514547273

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research agenda; health disparities; pediatric dentistry; dental research; health policy; translational research

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  1. National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research [R01-DE018045, R01-DE016148, R01-DE014899, 1U54-DE0 19346, K08-DE020856]

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Despite the concerted efforts of research and professional and advocacy stakeholders, recent evidence suggests that improvements in the oral health of young children in the United States has not followed the prevailing trend of oral health improvement in other age groups. In fact, oral health disparities in the youngest children may be widening, yet efforts to translate advances in science and technology into meaningful improvements in populations' health have had limited success. Nevertheless, the great strides in genomics, biological, behavioral, social, and health services research in the past decade have strengthened the evidence base available to support initiatives and translational efforts. Concerted actions to accelerate this translation and implementation process are warranted; at the same time, policies that can help tackle the upstream determinants of oral health disparities are imperative. This article summarizes the proceedings from the symposium on the interdisciplinary continuum of pediatric oral health that was held during the 43rd annual meeting of the American Association for Dental Research, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. This report showcases the latest contributions across the interdisciplinary continuum of pediatric oral health research and provides insights into future research priorities and necessary intersectoral synergies. Issues are discussed as related to the overwhelming dominance of social determinants on oral disease and the difficulty of translating science into action.

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